Welcome Aliens

Welcome Aliens, Welcome to Earth
The land of the yellow sun, the misty mountains, the deep oceans
The land of the corrupted politics, the unbridled terror, the morbid battles
Welcome Aliens, Welcome to our planet Earth

Our weapons are outdated and semi-affective
But we know how to survive, we practice regularly
Our armies kill each other across the globe,
Ensure that the weapons don’t erode
We practice regularly, the art of warfare
Welcome Aliens, Welcome to War

Our terrorists are precise and on-the mark
But we know how to bear, we tolerate regularly
Terror strikes again and again and again
Ensures that we don’t feel safe in our own habitat
We tolerate regularly, the dread, the fear, the despair
Welcome Aliens, Welcome to Terror

Our politicians are insatiable and rapacious
But we know how to forgive, we elect again
Economies sink, avarice overcomes faith
Ensures that we don’t know if our money is ours
We elect regularly, the same hungry politicians
Welcome Aliens, Welcome to Greed

Our viruses are unique,
You will not have seen them
Let us gift you some, let us gift you all
War, terror, greed have no antibiotic
Take them, take them all
Welcome Aliens, Welcome to Earth

I am sorry.......simple words to end all worries? That is what we all think unless we actually come face to face with a situation when what is more required is not a "sorry". That, as a matter of fact is the last thing that could actually take things out of the rut that you have so nicely put them into.

How I wish that I knew just what to say (because that is the only thing i can do on the phone) at this very moment to make things so much more better and easier for the one person who means so much to me. How I wish just what i can do to make that someone feel that she is not alone in this world....because i know that is what she is feeling. How i feel that i cld actually discuss this situation with her because i know she wld have the absolutely correct thing to say.....

God, plz give me strength to make her and me pass through these times because i know she will not ask for strength....plz need all the energy that can be diverted to her so that she can fight this battle....AND so that she can feel that she is not alone.

how i wish i was one of those ants whose sole aim in life is to collect food so that the queen can lay her eggs and the progeny can flourish......at least they have an aim.....and they keep going after it. AND it is THEM who have everything in thr hands to go after it......not like me whose entire locus of control is external....

something happening to me.....dont u thnk....i keep going in these tangential directions again and again

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Ever felt something missing from ur life? Usually feels when we just need someone to whom we can just go and talk and feel and they are not there.....its a strange feeling....just been feeling that way for last few days so thought i will put it down......
Suddenly while doing something....an everyday chore or something completely different.....that sudden empty feeling deep inside the heart....as if something is missing....and knowing that the person due to whom this is happening is not going to be their to meet u in the evening or even talk to u on phone when u most want to?
Suddenly while sleeping.....u wake up feeling as if their is supposed to be someone thr who is not....and she is actually not thr......and u know u have to wait looong for her to actually be with u....since our priorities in life r completely different......

are these priorities actually so important for us? That we just cannot live without them...even though they keep us away from everything that keeps us actually happy? What is more important.....a "career" and "experience" or "life" and "happiness"?

What am i going on about.........since this blog is such that no one reads it......provides a great way to take out my thoughts.....thanks blogger

Thank you IPL

Yeah!!! Thanks IPL...for promoting what we should not...
In one of the recent advertisements promoting this new mode of cricket...a patient is asked by the dentist about his likes for teams....the poor guy grins and names Delhi...and in the process loses all his teeth...because the dentist was for Mumbai.

This concept which is so prevalent in the European countries for various games is being imitated by IPL in India now. Unfortunately, it so happens that India has a cultural diversity which showcases a different India after almost every 100 kms...In such diverse environs, it anyways becomes a big task to ensure that people call themselves Indian and not address themselves by areas (thanks to Chak De! and SRK for promoting Indianism which seems to be losing its importance and relevance in this new India...really unfortunately) And now IPL is making things even more stingy...

I keep saying this and I keep thinking about it...I just hope that a day does not come when people forget that their is an India which they live in.........

Rgds,
Falcon

Learnings on unity...from a taxi driver

We call these huge ambassadors in Kolkata as Yellow Buffaloes...one such buffalo was taking me from my office in Taratala to my guest house in Alipur - a small distance of around 15-20 minutes. These were some of the most interesting minutes of mine for quite some time before.

The driver was from Bihar - a small district called Burdwan. I had felt that my knowledge of development was too good and started having a small conversation with him regarding the latest development related activities which the new government of Bihar was doing. This includes setting up of educational institutes, infrasrtucture, setups for MNC's etc.

This is what the driver had to say (the entire thing was in Hindi but translated here for convenience of the idle reader) :

"Saab, I am matric pass. I call myself educated from Bihar standards but I know that I am still uneducated. When we uneducated people have a dispute, we have a fight. It may or may not be a fist fight but we definitely fight. We abuse and we shout and scream at each other. We say things about each other's mothers and sisters. We do everything that our feeble mind feels will give the other person pain. But we do it on their face. AND we forget about it as soon as the incidence is over.
What do educated people do saab? Look at Maharashtra. These people call themselves educated and developed? They keep small things in their hearts till these small things become big and then simply cut up the poor person who is living away from his village working in their homes, offices and factories, doing menial jobs just to ensure that his family back home is able to eat two meals a day! Will you call Bal Thakeray or what is his son's name...educated? If this is educated and developed, then I will not want Bihar to be this saab.
I will want that before opening all these IIM's and IIT's, we should first teach our people to live like one...to ensure that the education - if and when they get it - is used for purposes that it should be used for...and these are for the development of the fellow beings living not only in their localities but also in their states and even more importantly...in their country.
Its been such a long time since I last heard someone saying that he was from India saab. All that everyone says is that he is from a state of a region."

Eye opener? I was stunned by this seemingly 30-35 year old who claimed to be just class X pass to say something so astounding that I wish I could make him stand on a podium and say these words in front of the entire country....I wish I could hear him speak for some more time...

Rgds,
Falcon

Waiting....

Still waiting....for "something" to happen to me that will make me appreciate my own or anyone else's existence in this world...
Still waiting....for "someone" to appear who will make us understand that we dont exist just because we need to and their could be other reasons...
Still waiting....for "someplace" to open that could give me the solace and the peace that I feel is what we should endeavour to achieve in our short stay here....

TRYING....to understand that maybe that "something", "someone" or "someplace" could be inside me rather than outside....
If their is God....Prayer to thee for everyone here......help me live or help me otherwise

Getting late...and lovin it

I am one of those people who love to reach the airport an hour in advance if the airline wants me to be their 45 minutes before. I follow this and barring afew anomalies, I have stuck to this...and then will be sitting on a chair waiting for boarding announcement and very religiously board without anyone in the airline having to worry about me.
Last week, I had to take a flight from Guwahati to Jorhat...Jet is my fav airline (after all they treat thr frequent fliers in the most royal way) and I was at my best reaching the airport an hour in advance. Checked in and went and sat down comfortably....and went off to sleep.
I was the last to board and the airline actually had to arrange a separate bus to take me to the flight...and they got at least 20 mts late because of this......I understand that this will possibly be common (or not so uncommon) for a lot of ppl....but frankly this was a first for me (after arnd 100-150 flights taken till date)
And the experience (airlines ppl....plz dont read this)......it brought an ADRENALINE RUSH! Absolute thrill...!!! And the stares of the airline staff was awesome!!! Felt so good that immediately went to sleep again on boarding.....a tired satisfaction.

Falcon